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The second phase of a study into obstetric violence towards Indigenous women in Quebec has seen almost 100 more individuals share their testimonies with researchers, with stories from more than 130 women demonstrating a pattern of abuse across the province.

After a big exam, many students like to take some time to do something fun - but not many get to do what community member Ethan Lazare got to do after each of his medical school examinations at the American University of the Caribbean (ACU).

Last week’s Indigenous Nurses Day celebration in Kahnawake was truly generational – from 96-year-old Helen Skye, who became a nurse in 1951, to 29-year-old Rebecca Boyer, who graduated from her nurse practitioner program last summer, it was a day to recognize the efforts of Kahnawake’s nurses past and present.

After stepping in to cover private school tuition for students with special needs last year, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) will be reimbursed for the tuition costs by the federal government, Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) minister Mandy Gull-Masty announced at a meeting in Kahnawake yesterday.

More than 50 years on from the publishing of the historic Lalonde Report, leads at the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) say that systemic barriers to closing gaps in health outcomes for Indigenous people remain.

As 2025 draws to a close and we prepare to welcome 2026, The Eastern Door staff took a look back at the last 12 months of news in Kahnawake. And, as we find ourselves saying every year, what a year it has been! From major arts projects for some of Kahnawake’s finest acting talent to community protests about cannabis and traffic, we’ve recapped it all below.

The 11th annual edition of Karonhiaráhstha’s Winter Wonderland starts tomorrow, with more prizes than ever honouring the memory of Karonhiaráhstha Sky Junie Delisle.

It’s been a decade since Lindsay Jacobs first became involved in the Dreams Take Flight initiative, flying deserving children with special needs to Orlando, Florida, for a day at Disney World - but seeing the smiles on faces of participants never gets old.

Kahnawake’s own Craig Sky is continuing to soar at medical school, this time being recognized with the Elaine Kilabuk Award from McGill University.

In October 2021, just over a year after Joyce Echaquan died in the Joliette hospital, the coroner’s report concluded that racism and prejudice contributed to her death.